Spider Man is Back – Silk Fibers Move into Nano-scale at Tufts University
In Massachusetts, in what sounds like Spider Man joining forces with Spider Man, Tufts University's School of Engineering is moving forward on silk fiber...
Biome Bioplastics develops new biobased coffee cups and lids
In the United Kingdom, Biome Bioplastics developed a plant-based disposable coffee cup and lid that is compostable and recyclable, but that can still handle...
Algae biomaterial regenerates blood vessel damage
In Portugal, researchers from the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S) in Porto discovered a way to use a new biomaterial modified...
Hydrogel biomaterial used as a scaffold for engineering artificial brain tissue
In Germany, researchers at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz developed a new technique to facilitate the differentiation of stem cells...
Buffalo’s Heart Saves Human Lives in Form of Surgical Biomaterial Implant
In India, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras have engineered a biomaterial implant from the sack of a buffalo’s heart that can...
VIASPACE CEO Resigns, Board Chairman Steps in as Acting CEO
In California, the grass is greener on the other side for VIASPACE CEO, Haris Basit, who resigned effective July 31 to move to a...
Go Ahead and Drink That Cup of Coffee – It Can Protect You Against...
In Indiana, researchers studied over 1,280 compounds to see which produced the highest level of the valuable NMNAT2 enzyme. Why is NMNAT2 so great?...
Society for Biomaterials Awards 2017 Founders Award to University of Chicago Professor
In Chicago, Jeffrey Hubbell, a Professor of Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise at the University of Chicago, received the Society for Biomaterials’ 2017 Founders...
Eat it or implant it – Ham company and university team up for pig...
In Virginia, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and the University of Virginia School of Engineering & Applied Science are partnering up to explore and advance regenerative...
Danish startup eyes particleboard, looks for expansion
In Denmark, a start-up called POND has developed a process for replacing up to 95% of traditional resins with natural fibers such as flax,...